Stories to tell

Opus Mixtum

Opus Mixtum. Do you know what it means?It means literally mixed work, or different construction materials and techniques in the same wall.It was widely used in Ancient Rome and back then architect...

Chicago Skyline

Skyline is a unique portrait of the city. No two skylines are the same. What makes Chicago Chicago? What is so special and unique about Chicago? I guess the same thing that makes you you. You are ...

Light

Leonard Cohen : Anthem Ring the bells that still can ringForget your perfect offeringThere is a crack, a crack in everythingThat’s how the light gets in.We asked for signs. The signs were sentThe...

Chicago Sun-Times

Optical illusion is an image that can be deceptive or misleading to our brains.It’s something that is not really there. Look at this image. Doesn’t it look odd?It seems like the building with the ...

Calder One

“That others grasp what I have in mind seems unessential, at least as long as they have something else in theirs.” That’s what Alexander Calder once said about his work. Translated into modern s...

333 West Wacker

333 West Wacker Drive. Just an address. No name. Here is the problem: pretty much every skyscraper in Chicago has a name. Take Sears (or Willis) Tower, Aqua, Prudential, Wrigley, Marina City. A bu...

100 West Randolph

This building will be sold and most likely it will be demolished. That’s a word on a street.100 West Randolph. James R. Thompson Center or State of Illinois Center.It all comes down to proper insu...

The Bean

Here is the story of how a visit to a dentist had changed Chicago forever.The local legend says that Mayor Richard M. Daley (Daley da Second) was at the dentist office in a building on Michigan Av...

75 East Wacker Drive

  75 East Wacker Drive. The Mather Tower. Gothic terracotta squeezed between two modern glass and metal facades of London House at 85 East Wacker and Wyndham Grand at 71 East Wacker.Mather Tower i...

Chicago Tribune

“It’s sad but I am getting paid to have this sign removed, he said looking at my print.”That was an interesting way to start a conversation. We were in my booth at the art festival in Chicago. Iro...